"To Be Fat Like Me" on Lifetime tonight!

There is a very interesting movie on Lifetime tonight at 9PM. To Be Fat Like Me is based on a true story and sounds very interesting. I know I am going to be watching it. Kel

I've been seeing the previews and I have it set to record tonight Its "based on actual events". http://www.lifetimetv.com/movies/originals/fatlikeme.php?page=interview_schmidt

I read the link Mandy gave. It looks a very interesting program. Please let me know what it's like, and any reactions it gets

I watched it the movie, except for the last few minutes as I hit some button on my remote control and lost my satellite. I'm not sure what I was expecting. It was kind of like reliving my teen years, the ridicule and cruelty. I think it gave the girl who did this a better perspective to help her deal with her emotions in regards to her mother's battle against the bulge. It was odd though, the girl maintained her "skinny" personality thinking she could win people over by her personality. But she, and this is all my opinion, appeared to be a bull in a china shop. As a fat person, I was also aware of where my hips ended and was always leary or careful when going through spaces that might be a tight fit. She walked in to the scenes most of the time like a skinny girl. So I guess what I'm trying to say, as a fat person, I was definitely trying to be invisible. If I was quiet and careful and didn't bump into people or things then I could go about my way, for the most part, without getting dirty looks or people making snide comments. What is interesting, I have found, is doing things in this "new" body that I would have done in the old body, but now those things yield different results. Diane